Lope de Vega Fee Unchanged at €125,000, Invincible Spirit Reduced

Tara Madgwick - Friday November 12

Ballylinch Stud have announced their fees with flagbearer Lope de Vega remaining at €125,000 following a successful year that has seen him sire 19 stakes-winners and 48 stakes horses in total.

Lope de Vega

His star performers include Australian Group I winner Vega One and Northern Hemisphere Group II winners Duhail, Rodaballo and La Dragontea.

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Stud managing director John O’Connor said, "Lope De Vega confirmed that he is one of the world’s elite sires, with an exceptional 48 black-type horses in 2021 alone.

“He has achieved success at the highest level on four different continents and is one of those rare sires who can truly be called a global success.

"Ever popular at the sales, Lope De Vega was the leading sire at Tattersalls Book 1 by aggregate and his yearlings averaged over €220,000.”

His Group I winning son Lucky Vega, currently finishing his first season at Yulong in Victoria will stand at the Irish National Stud at a fee of €15,000 alongside champion sire Invincible Spirit, whose fee has been reduced from €80,000 to €60,000.

Invincible Spirit

Invincible Spirit turns 25 next year and has proven a highly influential sire through his champion sire sons I Am Invincible and Kingman.





 

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